TheValueChain and Metamaze

<h2>The automation advantage&nbsp;</h2>Automation is key for companies that want to remain competitive in a fast-paced and quickly changing world. Anything that can be automated, should be automated. The advantages are clear: faster processes without the possibility of human error. To help businesses adopt this mindset and implement the necessary tools, TheValueChain, a Belgium-based IT and SAP consultancy firm, launched HyperChain.‘Our hyperautomation offer focuses on low-code or no-code technology using the SAP Business Technology Platform. This allows companies to start automating almost immediately. Examples include RPA bots, workflow engines, app development tools, process mining and artificial intelligence. Indeed, AI systems are powerful automation partners. For instance, AI offers opportunities to automatically process the many documents and emails that office workers now plough through every day. This is called intelligent document processing. According to McKinsey &amp; Company, it is ‘the most commonly deployed automation technology after the piloting phase.’ However, it was exactly this feature that was still lacking in HyperChain’s toolbox’, explains Kenny Mattheyssen, HyperChain unit lead at TheValueChain.&nbsp;<h2>Intelligent document processing platform&nbsp;</h2>TheValueChain started scanning the market for IDP partners and eventually found the SaaS platform Metamaze. ‘With intelligent document processing via artificial intelligence, we want to free employees from mind-numbing, repetitive data entry work and help them realise their true potential,’ says Niels Van Weereld CEO at Metamaze. ‘Metamaze can automate classification and data extraction from any document or email in a company. The underlying AI algorithms are able to be trained to classify and extract information from documents on its own. Our intuitive, no-coding platform was built for all business users without any coding or AI experience. It brings the power of AI to their fingertips and helps them reduce costs and improve customer and employee satisfaction.’‘After some benchmarking, we decided to start collaborating with Metamaze for several reasons. First, we were convinced by the true machine learning capabilities of the platform. Second, Metamaze’s strong product roadmap proves that their system is future-proof. Third, we noticed that even after training the system with only the bare minimum, we still achieved the best results. And fourth, Metamaze was more than willing to work with us, since we both believe we complement one another,’ says Jonas Bert, Hyperautomation Expert at TheValueChain.&nbsp;<h2>Pilot projects and beyond</h2>TheValueChain and Metamaze have embarked on several projects together: building a purchase order confirmation and invoices model. ‘This is one of our most mentioned use cases when we pitch HyperChain to potential customers, so there is definitely a need in the market,’ explains Kenny Mattheyssen. ‘Afterwards, we could start working on models for invoices, quotation requests, email classification based on body content, etc. The ultimate goal is to fast build models that address the needs of specific customers, with as little training data as possible. Together, we will help companies process documents with less effort and more results.’&nbsp;<h2>About TheValueChain&nbsp;</h2>In today’s business reality, speed and agility are the real competitive advantages. As a leading SAP partner with more than 400 consultants, TheValueChain helps you accelerate and adapt your business to the challenges of tomorrow. We believe that optimising your most vital business processes is the key to acceleration.As a long-term partner, we anticipate how our clients can best adapt to the challenges in their industry, how technology can accelerate their business and how they can increase the value of their SAP investment. TheValueChain has offices in the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Switzerland and is part of the Gumption Group.&nbsp;TheValueChain. Accelerate. Adapt. Act.&nbsp;<h2>About Metamaze&nbsp;</h2>Metamaze is a no-code intelligent document processing platform that uses AI to automate all documents and email workflows. It is our mission to rid the world of mind-numbing, repetitive data entry work that causes so much human potential to go to waste.Metamaze is an Antwerp-based scale up and started as a solution for a real customer problem. The solution was productised as Metamaze in 2020 and since then the company is active in 6 countries, has 50+ clients and employs over 30 people. Metamaze’s goal is to make the smartest possible intelligent document processor in existence that is also easy for end-users to implement and to integrate into existing company processes and workflows.

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Kontich, 5 April 2023 – TheValueChain assists companies in automating tedious, repetitive and time-consuming processes with powerful, yet easy to use solutions. To offer its clients a powerful tool to process all corporate documents, TheValueChain has partnered up with Metamaze, a SaaS platform for intelligent document processing via artificial intelligence.

TheValueChain and Metamaze: partners in AI-powered intelligent document processing

TheValueChain en Metamaze

TheValueChain acquires Canguru

<h1>Canguru becomes part of TheValueChain</h1>Exciting news for our consultants and clients: TheValueChain acquires fellow SAP expert Canguru from Mechelen. We welcome 85 passionate new colleagues with a broad and deep ERP and CX expertise. This collaboration will allow us to continue to grow, expand our services and tackle even bigger, more challenging projects in the future.&nbsp;<h2>Canguru, masters of customer experience</h2>From the start, Canguru has built a strong reputation around SAP CRM, Analytics, Technology and ERP. These days, they mainly serve international companies in their quest for excellence in the field of customer experience. Canguru is one of the references within the SAP CX-portfolio in the Benelux with a solid footprint in France too.Ivan Leysen and Dieter Oversteyns, Managing Partners at TheValueChain, are enthusiastic about the new partnership: “We’re convinced that Canguru's expertise will take our services to the next level, both in the CX domain and the rest of our portfolio. This collaboration is a match made in heaven.”<h2> A win-win for all parties</h2>At Canguru, they also look ahead with optimism: “In ten years’ time, we’ve grown tremendously,” says Jeroen Poot, co-founder of Canguru. “We were looking for a strategic partner to further accelerate this growth. TheValueChain has always made great strategic choices and embraces entrepreneurship. We’re convinced that this partnership will bring new opportunities for our people to continue their development and build a career in a dynamic environment where innovation is key.”Ivan adds: “Besides our strategic fit and the fact that we will strengthen each other in terms of SAP knowledge, there is also a real match when it comes to company culture and values. Here too, we found the ideal partner with Canguru. We’re looking forward to building a successful future together.”&nbsp;<h2>Adding value throughout the chain</h2>Both TheValueChain and Canguru believe in a shared future based on a passion for entrepreneurship, business and IT. Ivan: “With 350 consultants and tons of ERP and CX experience, we have an exciting future ahead of us, in which we have the ambition to support our customers even better than we already do. We want to become top-of-mind across the Benelux, even for the largest and most complex projects, and we harbour the ambition to expand into France as well.”Dieter concludes: “With this partnership, we are further broadening our portfolio and deepening our services to continue to optimally serve our customers, both today and tomorrow. Together with Canguru, we want to play a crucial role in the field of customer experience in the years to come.” Do you have a question about the new partnership or what it could mean for you? Be sure to contact us! Read the full press release in three languages <a href="https://www.thevaluechain.eu/files/Canguru-becomes-a-TheValueChain-company_press-release-28-March-2022.pdf">via here</a>.

Canguru | TheValueChain

Together we become one big team of 350 consultants with broad and deep ERP and CX expertise.

Proud to announce | TheValueChain acquires Canguru

TheValueChain neemt Canguru over

TheValueChain rachète Canguru

TheValueChain acquires IDinIT

<h1>IDinIT becomes part of TheValueChain</h1>TheValueChain is growing, and how! After the acquisition of Canguru from Mechelen, we are now expanding with SAP colleague IDinIT from Den Bosch. This way, we grow to 35 passionate colleagues in the Netherlands and in the Benelux even to 370! A driven group with a broader portfolio and even more expertise, ready for state-of-the-art solutions and bigger, more challenging projects.&nbsp;<h2>Accelerating growth through a buy-and-build strategy</h2>Michel Martens, Managing Partner at TheValueChain in the Netherlands: “TheValueChain is working hard as a Benelux-group. One of our ambitions is to grow the business in the Netherlands via a buy-and-build strategy. This is how we met Jos Snapper and Joachim van Essen of IDinIT and there was an immediate click. Our organisations are very similar, just like our DNA. From day one, the people of TheValueChain the Netherlands have been central. We give them all the space they need to make independent choices and take responsibility. We see this mentality reflected at IDinIT.”IDinIT, a renowned SAP consultancy firm, operates on the cutting edge of business administration and automation consultancy and serves both national and international companies. It wants to continue the qualitative and quantitative growth of recent years by attracting new customers and employees.Jos Snapper, Director at IDinIT and from now on also co-Managing Partner at TheValueChain the Netherlands: “IDinIT is known for its ambition, pragmatism, and flexibility. We invest in knowledge development and personal growth of our consultants. 17 years after we started, our name and services are well established in the market. The time was right to look for reinforcement. TheValueChain was the logical choice for us. They are at the top of their profession and in terms of culture, we fit together perfectly: human, ambitious and always looking for added value for the customer. Moreover, TheValueChain the Netherlands can fall back on its Belgian colleagues, who in ten years time have built up an enormous amount of experience in ERP and CX project implementations.”&nbsp;<h2>A successful future together</h2>TheValueChain and IDinIT believe in a successful future together based on passion, team spirit and entrepreneurship. Michel Martens: “The acquisition of IDinIT contributes to the ambition of TheValueChain Benelux. By joining forces, we strengthen our propositions. Together we can realise more great projects. Our consultants benefit from this as well.”IDinIT also looks ahead optimistically: “Together we can win new and larger customers and projects and strengthen our position and reputation in the SAP world,” says Jos Snapper. “With all our expertise, references, knowledge and development programmes and ideas, we will strengthen the qualitative and quantitative growth of TheValueChain. With additional chances, opportunities, and job satisfaction for our consultants.”&nbsp;<h2>Future-oriented solutions</h2>In recent years, TheValueChain has had a successful track record, resulting in strong growth. Now the SAP Gold Partner is taking another important step: TheValueChain and IDinIT are opting for a joint future. This way they want to further strengthen their top-of-mind position in the Benelux. &nbsp;With this acquisition TheValueChain strengthens its position within the SAP landscape and accelerates its growth. Earlier TheValueChain completed the acquisition of SAP-sector associate Canguru from Mechelen (Belgium). The multiple SAP Award winner continues to build on its success. Dieter Oversteyns and Ivan Leysen, Managing Partners at TheValueChain group, explain: “We are building an organisation that puts the right solutions and services in the market to enable our customers to accelerate optimally not only today, but also tomorrow.”&nbsp;Do you have a question about the new partnership or what it could mean for you?Be sure to contact us! Read the full press release in three languages <a href="https://www.thevaluechain.eu/files/IDinIT-becomes-a-TheValueChain-company_press-release-20-June-2022.pdf">via here</a>.

TheValueChain the Netherlands and IDinIT are joining forces. As of June 2022, the SAP service provider is part of TheValueChain.

Proud to announce | TheValueChain acquires IDinIT

TheValueChain neemt IDinIT over

TheValueChain s'empare d’IDinIT

TheValueChain the Netherlands and IDinIT are joining forces. As of June 2022, the SAP service provider is part of TheValueChain.&nbsp;

Hyperautomate purchase order confirmations

<h1>TheValueChain GO.BEYOND™ accelerator</h1>Hyperautomate purchase order confirmationsA lot of clients are still dealing with a manual flow of digital documents, despite far-reaching digitisation within the company. They are working with purchase order (PO) confirmations in different forms and shapes, which employees then need to interpret and process. So, we’re sure they’ll be happy to hear about our new GO.BEYOND™ accelerator: “hyperautomate purchase order confirmations”. <a href="https://store.sap.com/dcp/en/product/display-0000060960_live_v1/hyperautomate-purchase-order-confirmations">Now available on the SAP store!</a>&nbsp;<h2>State-of-the-art service</h2>Using RPA and AI technology, this accelerator relieves employees of the most repetitive, manual, and low-value areas in the PO confirmation process. With a simple drag-and-drop solution, they get a clear overview of the sequential steps to automate. They can then easily outsource workflow tasks to RPA bots and users and maintain business rules for making smart decisions.Tedious, repetitive tasks are then swiftly and reliably executed by unattended RPA bots and no longer by employees. Tasks can be scheduled or triggered by specific events.Clients can also request support from one of our team members when necessary; for example, to manage exceptions or to maintain specific business rules. And their processes are always visible on a dashboard.&nbsp;<h2>Secure IDP technology and ERP integration</h2>Naturally, data recognition is an important part of the solution. To make this possible, clients need high accuracy and full-fledged learning capabilities – exactly what our IDP technology in a SaaS model offers. If they already have in-house IDP technology, it can be integrated as well, with standard PO object integration guaranteed.&nbsp;<h2>Benefits in a nutshell</h2><ul><li>Employees have more time to focus on value-added tasks</li><li>Clients avoid bottlenecks: our hyperautomation accelerator captures incoming info from supplier e-mails at the frequency of their choice</li><li>They benefit from the deep learning capabilities of AI technology</li><li>The user-friendly dashboard guarantees real-time visibility and useful insights</li><li>Their operational costs are reduced, meaning less time wasted on repetitive tasks and increased productivity for tasks that really matter.</li></ul>

Using RPA and AI technology, this accelerator relieves employees of the most repetitive, manual, and low-value areas in the PO confirmation process. With a simple drag-and-drop solution, they get a clear overview of the sequential steps to automate. Now available on the SAP store!

SAP Digital Supply Chain | TheValueChain

TheValueChain acquires HuRis

<h1>TheValueChain acquires HuRis</h1>TheValueChain welcomes another company to the group. Meet <a href="https://huris.nl/">HuRis</a>, a promising HR consultancy organisation from Culemborg, known for their expertise in SAP HXM and SAP SuccessFactors. Thanks to this acquisition, 45 experienced consultants will become valuable additions to TheValueChain family, allowing us to service our customers even better and take on new SAP challenges in the field of HR. &nbsp;<h2>HR specialists from the Netherlands</h2>HuRis focuses exclusively on the intersection between HR processes and IT. By implementing SAP SuccessFactors they are able to optimise and automate the HR processes of their clients. Founded in 1998, they field over 45 consultants, many of them with extensive experience in consultancy and HR.“HR is a great addition to our portfolio, a field in which we have limited experience and expertise”, explains Ivan Leysen, Managing Partner at TheValueChain. “HuRis has been able to successfully accelerate and optimise the HR processes of their clients through SAP SuccessFactors. By combining this with our deep knowledge of SAP S/4HANA and customer experience, we will be able to service our customers better than ever.”<h2> Great match</h2>After acquiring IDinIT and Canguru last year, TheValueChain continues its rapid growth. “However, we don’t initiate acquisitions purely for the sake of growth”, clarifies Dieter Oversteyns, Managing Partner at TheValueChain. “HuRis greatly adds to our existing services and SAP products. More importantly, their DNA and way of working matches ours, which guarantees a smooth transition.” With the addition of HuRis, TheValueChain now houses more than 400 SAP professionals.Exciting times for HuRis as well. Adding to their SAP SuccessFactors, they can now fall back on TheValueChain’s broad knowledge in the field of SAP S/4HANA, integration and CX. “With this cooperation, we can fulfill our international ambitions and support our clients in a broader area, responding more flexibly to market demands”, says Sander Surewaard, Managing Director at HuRis. “HuRis will be able to keep its identity, staff, offices and existing shareholders. This is first and foremost a positive change of direction for us.”&nbsp;<h2>Exciting future</h2>TheValueChain looks forward to the future. “HuRis helps us to further broaden our portfolio and level up our services to customers. The future of HR automation looks very bright. We are incredibly excited to get started with this new chapter, together with the newest members of TheValueChain family”, concludes Ivan Leysen.Do you have a question about the new partnership or what it could mean for you?Be sure to contact us! Read the full press release in three languages <a href="https://www.thevaluechain.eu/files/TheValueChain-zet-groeimars-verder-met-acquisitie-HuRis_persbericht-6-maart-2023.pdf">via here</a>.

TheValueChain x HuRis | TheValueChain

As of 1 March 2023, HuRis becomes a TheValueChain company - introducing top quality expertise in HR and SAP SuccessFactors.

Proud to announce | TheValueChain acquires HuRis

TheValueChain zet groeimars verder met acquisitie HuRis

TheValueChain poursuit sa croissance avec l'acquisition de HuRis

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